Wednesday, 20 April 2011

I'm very sorry I haven't been blogging, I've been a very busy bee at work - making stage scenery - amongst other things. You haven't had any new downloads in ages, that's also my fault but we do have one on it's way to you shortly.

I'm currently making some projects using my DT pack from Charmed Cards and Crafts (our digi home) and will soon have some sneak peeks to tempt you with.

In the mean time I have a project I finished recently. It's completely unrelated to Dottie's World and Charmed but I hope it inspires you nonetheless.

I moved into my new house recently and the walls have been looking particularly bare. I was looking to buy a print on canvas buy Gustav Klimt (I LOVE his style!) but I figured that for the pretty hefty price I would be paying I may as well paint one myself - why not! It cost a fraction of the price and I was able to adapt my favourite picture (The Kiss) to suit my colour scheme and to represent myself and my partner - his skin is dark so I wanted to change that from the original.

Here's the original inspiration by Gustav Klimt....

And here is my take on it.....

I used Acrylic paint on canvas and then embellished it with sequins, gold leaf, relief paint, micro beads....the list goes on. You see embellishments don't have to be saved for cardmaking and scrapbooking, think big!

Welcome to Dottie's World

Welcome to Dottie's WorldThis is the place to be for inspiration, tips, techniques, tutorials and challenges to help you get the most from your Charmed Cards and Crafts digital downloads.Make yourself a coffee, pull up a chair and get that inspiration flowing.

We Challenge You!

Drop by every Sunday for our Charmed Digi Download Challenges! You're sure to be inspired.
To play along with our challenges all you have to do is follow the instrustions given by the person setting the challenge. The only RULE is that you use a Charmed download. You can make ANYTHING, it doesn't have to be a card and you have until the following Sunday to make it.
When you've made your creation take a photograph of it and put it on your Blog. Leave a comment on the relevent Dottie's World Challenge thread and we will come to your Blog for a look. If you don't have a blog please email your picture to Louise (see the contact us section).
Happy Crafting xxxx

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